Chris Stratton led the SEC in wins with 11 and in ERA for pitchers with more than 60 innings (2.21). (Associated Press)

On Sunday, he closed out a 3-0 win over Vanderbilt to give Mississippi State its first SEC tournament championship since 2005. On Tuesday, Chris Stratton was named the SEC's pitcher of the year.

Stratton's 11 wins led the conference and his 2.21 ERA was the best in the SEC for pitchers with more than 60 innings of work. He also had 123 strikeouts.

He and LSU's Raph Rhymes, who was named the SEC player of the year after leading the conference with a .459 batting average,
headlined the coaches' All-SEC team released Tuesday.

Kentucky's Gary Henderson , whose Wildcats set new
school records with 41 regular-season wins and 22 straight wins to open
the season, was named the coach of the year. Kentucky's Austin Cousino was named the freshman of the year and South Carolina's Michael Roth was named scholar-athlete of the year.

Another Mississippi State pitcher, Kendall Graveman, was named to the all-defensive team, while Bulldog reliever Jonathan Holder made the all-freshman team.

Ole Miss second baseman Alex Yarbrough, whose .389 batting average was second only to Rhymes in the SEC, was a first-team All-SEC and all-defensive team honoree. Rebel first baseman Matt Snyder and pitcher Bobby Wahl made the second team.

The all-SEC team was selected by a vote of the league's 12 head coaches.

The full first-team, second-team, all-freshman and all-defensive team lists: